Everyone was very satisfied with the grilled meat feast, except for Minato Namikaze.
Because Uzumaki Kushina and Uchiha Ling were big eaters, Ling was especially terrifying. With the blessing of Heavenly Restriction, the food she ate was quickly broken down into nutrients to increase her physique.
As a result, when they walked out of the barbecue restaurant, Minato Namikaze's wallet had shrunk by more than half, and he could barely maintain his warm smile.
"Don't frown, Little Sun, Ling and I just have a slightly big appetite."
Kushina had never eaten so heartily before. Indeed, when someone is competing with you for food, you tend to eat more.
"Ling, if there's a chance next time, I'll treat you to a meal again, hahaha. Next time, we'll definitely eat Little Sun out of house and home."
Kushina's words made Minato Namikaze's face twist in a grimace, making him wonder if he should even keep this girlfriend.
Obito and Kakashi looked at their teacher's miserable expression with sympathy, silently mourning for him for half a second.
"I'd better not find a wife in the future, especially not one who can eat a lot or is too violent," said Kakashi.
"Sure enough, a girl like Rin is suitable for me. I can't handle girls like Ling and Teacher's wife," said Obito.
At the same time, both of them had similar thoughts, unaware that they would remain single until death.
"Thank you, Senior Namikaze, for today. Thank you for the treat, Rin, Kakashi, and Sister Kushina, it was a pleasure meeting you all. I'll be taking my leave."
Ling bid farewell to the five at the intersection. She was going home to study Shadow Clone, which would be convenient for her training later.
Ling's home was near the edge of the Village, located outside the Uchiha Clan Land, close to the South He River.
Upon returning home, Ling didn't open the door and say, "I'm home." She didn't have that habit.
She pulled out various scrolls and Ninjutsu tools from the secret room and began to examine them one by one.
First was a dowry brought by Ling's mother: a C-rank Great Fireball Technique and a B-rank Great Fire Annihilation.
Ling wasn't very interested in Fire Release. After all, the Great Fireball Technique in Fire Release was known as the "Merciful Technique," a symbol of smoke without injury. Ling didn't plan to test whether she could break this rule.
However, she still used her Sharingan to record the hand seals and some tricks for these two Fire Release Ninjutsu.
The second scroll was larger, containing various C-rank and B-rank Ninjutsu collected by Irming Yagyu.
There was a C-rank Wind Release: Great Breakthrough and a B-rank Wind Cut Technique, both quite powerful, and Ling also recorded them with her Sharingan.
There were two Water Release techniques: a C-rank Water Arrow Technique, which hadn't appeared in the original work, and a B-rank Water Wall.
There was only one Lightning Release technique, a C-rank Lightning Release: Earth Run, and only one Earth Release technique, the Headhunter Jutsu.
Ling recorded them all, planning to practice them sometime. These Ninjutsu were unattainable for some civilian Ninja.
Although Ling now had the Sharingan and wouldn't lack Ninjutsu—she could just copy others' if she needed to—Ling was an all-element Ninja, inherently more advantaged than some Jonin.
Opening the third scroll, there were some ordinary Three Body Technique and a B-rank Shadow Clone. Finding her target, Ling immediately memorized it.
She prepared to start practicing. Shadow Clone has eight hand seals: Ox, Dog, Dragon, Rat, Dog, Boar, Snake, Tiger.
Ling discovered that the so-called hand seals were about the manipulation and use of Chakra. No wonder many people in the later stages could solve it with just a few seals.
Because powerful mental energy can directly guide the flow and changes of Chakra.
Ling carefully experienced the feeling of the twelve seals and felt that Indra was indeed a genius.
The first four seals of the twelve seals were about Chakra mobilization, the middle four seals were about Chakra form changes, and the last four seals were about nature changes.
Moreover, Chakra is relatively inert and requires self-hypnosis to make the body remember the Chakra circulation method corresponding to each seal.
Eventually, after forming muscle memory, whenever a certain seal is formed, the corresponding Chakra circulation can be generated.
Generally, Ninja Academy Students perform self-hypnosis to form the corresponding body memory for each hand seal.
This is why Ninja Academy graduates only need to learn the Three Body Technique, because these three D-rank Ninjutsu involve the hand seals of the twelve seals.
Being able to use the Three Body Technique means that the body has formed muscle memory for the twelve seals. Other Taijutsu, throwing techniques, and miscellaneous skills, such as trap making, mean becoming a qualified Genin.
Chunin and Jonin continuously refine the twelve seals, able to simplify the hand seal process and form their own hand seal methods, such as one-handed hand seals.
In the later stages, if your spirit is strong enough and your body has completely formed an instinct for the twelve Chakra movements, you can cast Ninjutsu by just thinking about it.
Currently, Ling's previous self had only initially made her body remember the Chakra circulation of the twelve seals, which saved Ling a lot of effort.
Moreover, fast hand seals do not necessarily guarantee successful Ninjutsu casting. If your body's Chakra circulation speed cannot keep up with your hand seal speed, then the casting will fail.
Therefore, to cast quickly, it's not enough to just practice fast hand seals; your body's talent must also be up to par.
In some fan fiction, after transmigration, just practicing hand seal speed is useless; the essence of casting Ninjutsu hasn't been understood.
Ling's talent was quite good. In one afternoon, she learned the Three Body Technique and the Shadow Clone Technique.
However, this was just the beginning. The casting speed was very touching; it took two or three seconds to successfully cast a Ninjutsu.
Perhaps due to the Heavenly Restriction, Ling quickly mastered skills that required muscle memory. Ling felt that after another year or two of practice, she might be able to simplify the Ninjutsu seals.
In the evening, Ling had her Shadow Clone go out to buy groceries and cook, while she herself began to open the remaining two scrolls.
These two scrolls were also the oldest and most exquisite, filling Ling with anticipation.
Ling opened the first scroll. It contained a Ninjato technique, similar to the Hatake Blade Style.
However, the Hatake Blade Style leaned towards Lightning Release, while this Ninjato technique was Wind Release.
Its name was Gale Sword Technique, and its author was a genius from the Yagyu family, the reformer who transformed the samurai family into a Ninja family.
During the Sengoku period, he was known as the Gale Swordsman. Oh, that's a bit out of character, but his name wasn't Yasuo, it was Yagyu Munenori.
This Ninjato technique was indeed very powerful, consisting of three stages of mastery.
The first stage involves attaching Wind Release Chakra to the body and Ninjato to increase power, corresponding to Genin to Chunin.
The second stage involves attaching nature-transformed Wind Release Chakra, imbuing the Wind Release Chakra with sharp, cutting, and other attribute changes, corresponding to the Jonin stage.
The third stage is more profound and requires comprehending the so-called "Sword Heart." Then, even without Chakra, one can unleash sword energy.